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How popular is “Palmer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Palmer” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Palmer” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Palmer” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Palmer” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Palmer” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Palmer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Palmer” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 -100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 -100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 -100%
1901 20 0.000057835 20 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 -100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 -100%
1906 27 0.000063018 27 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 44 0.000090044 7 37 -68%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 -100%
1910 30 0.000050786 5 25 -67%
1911 42 0.000065189 42 -100%
1912 77 0.00007793 5 72 -87%
1913 92 0.000080907 7 85 -85%
1914 81 0.000057189 81 -100%
1915 140 0.000076401 5 135 -93%
1916 141 0.00007289 5 136 -93%
1917 146 0.000072754 11 135 -85%
1918 180 0.000082907 7 173 -92%
1919 140 0.000066343 140 -100%
1920 151 0.000066736 7 144 -91%
1921 169 0.000072392 9 160 -89%
1922 166 0.000072516 6 160 -93%
1923 145 0.000062976 9 136 -88%
1924 133 0.000055845 7 126 -89%
1925 138 0.000059144 7 131 -90%
1926 128 0.000055751 9 119 -86%
1927 99 0.000042684 99 -100%
1928 105 0.000046441 105 -100%
1929 115 0.00005246 115 -100%
1930 106 0.000047677 5 101 -91%
1931 92 0.000043718 92 -100%
1932 96 0.00004547 7 89 -85%
1933 100 0.000050014 8 92 -84%
1934 69 0.000033224 69 -100%
1935 91 0.000043543 91 -100%
1936 83 0.00003995 83 -100%
1937 73 0.000034262 73 -100%
1938 59 0.000026666 59 -100%
1939 60 0.00002723 60 -100%
1940 68 0.000029531 68 -100%
1941 76 0.000031193 76 -100%
1942 74 0.000027088 74 -100%
1943 79 0.000027989 79 -100%
1944 71 0.000026393 5 66 -86%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 -100%
1946 50 0.000015648 50 -100%
1947 67 0.000018599 10 57 -70%
1948 60 0.000017379 6 54 -80%
1949 69 0.0000198 10 59 -71%
1950 52 0.000014843 13 39 -50%
1951 42 0.000011401 42 -100%
1952 48 0.000012638 48 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 38 0.000009546 5 33 -74%
1955 61 0.000015193 5 56 -84%
1956 55 0.00001334 6 49 -78%
1957 54 0.000012851 8 46 -70%
1958 38 0.000009192 38 -100%
1959 48 0.000011544 8 40 -67%
1960 39 0.000009389 6 33 -69%
1961 52 0.000012553 6 46 -77%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 45 0.000011575 7 38 -69%
1965 30 0.000008275 5 25 -67%
1966 28 0.000008056 28 -100%
1967 37 0.000010899 7 30 -62%
1968 31 0.000009176 7 24 -55%
1969 25 0.000007194 25 -100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 27 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 29 0.000008383 5 24 -66%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 44 0.00001237 8 36 -64%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 41 0.000010665 5 36 -76%
1990 48 0.000012144 48 -100%
1991 36 0.000009242 36 -100%
1992 39 0.000010153 8 31 -59%
1993 46 0.000012201 7 39 -70%
1994 59 0.00001587 8 51 -73%
1995 43 0.000011742 7 36 -67%
1996 53 0.000014532 9 44 -66%
1997 61 0.000016824 5 56 -84%
1998 94 0.000025556 12 82 -74%
1999 71 0.000019221 5 66 -86%
2000 72 0.000019048 7 65 -81%
2001 66 0.000017631 8 58 -76%
2002 61 0.000016318 7 54 -77%
2003 82 0.000021566 10 72 -76%
2004 97 0.000025387 11 86 -77%
2005 90 0.000023408 10 80 -78%
2006 112 0.00002831 14 98 -75%
2007 133 0.000033269 24 109 -64%
2008 104 0.000026459 20 84 -62%
2009 111 0.000029056 17 94 -69%
2010 96 0.000025976 13 83 -73%
2011 161 0.000044016 67 94 -17%
2012 252 0.000068902 138 114 10%
2013 246 0.000067477 132 114 7%
2014 285 0.000076895 173 112 21%
2015 314 0.000084844 177 137 13%
2016 374 0.000101944 241 133 29%
2017 426 0.000119121 247 179 16%
2018 605 0.000172076 433 172 43%
2019 840 0.00024201 675 165 61%
2020 1051 0.000314616 888 163 69%
2021 1218 0.00035951 996 222 64%
2022 1275 0.000376869 1075 200 69%
2023 1372 0.000414352 1132 240 65%
2024 1423 0.00042752 1221 202 72%

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